Search results matching tags 'Cancer' and 'brain tumor'

The McGraths, Two Months Later

Whit — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:01:00 GMT

Jane McGrath died two months ago from cancer. Glenn McGrath is raising their two children, Holly (6) and James (8), and they are doing the best that they can.

"We talk about mummy all the time. They have chosen a star and we go say hello to mummy each night.

"The kids are going well and they are my main priority."

I can't even imagine how hard it must be for the McGrath family. It's nice to see they are starting to heal.

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Is Ted Kennedy Dying?

Whit — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:36:00 GMT

Edward "Ted" Kennedy is rumored to have only weeks left in his storied and often tragic life.

Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant glioma in May of this year. It is a type of cancerous brain tumor that Kennedy opted to have surgically removed in June. The surgery was believed to be a success.

Then why is he suddenly on the cover of Globe with only weeks to live? They are reporting that his cancer is spreading. We're hoping that the publication is mistaken.

Say what you will about Ted Kennedy, but his legacy cannot be denied. Kennedy is the father to 3 children and step-father to two. He is generally considered the father figure to the thirteen collective children of his two assassinated brothers. He has many school-aged grandchildren.

Here's to your health, Mr. Kennedy.

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Jane McGrath Memorial

Whit — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:59:00 GMT

Jane McGrath's memorial service was attended by many mourners clad in pink, the color that symbolizes the fight against breast cancer to which McGrath recently lost her battle.

In a tender and bittersweet gesture McGrath's children, James and Holly, blew bubbles outside of the church, a tribute to the fact that their parents were wed in the same church in 1999. The children were accompied by their father Glenn.

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Jane McGrath Loses Cancer Battle

Whit — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:24:00 GMT

Jane McGrath was the wife of Glenn McGrath, a famous cricket player in Australia. She has died after years of battling cancer. She was 42 and had two children, James and Holly.

Her management company released the following statement: "With Glenn and their two children by her side, Jane's wonderful life ended peacefully after a sudden decline in her health over the past week."

After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996 she and her husband founded the McGrath Foundation to provide breast cancer education and medical assistance to her fellow patients.

She also fought a secondary cancer in her hip. In 2006 she was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

Our hearts and thoughts go out to the McGrath family, their friends and fans.

We have a large percentage of female readers, and I'm just a dumb guy that may not know what he's talking about, but I hope that everyone is conducting regular breast checks, in the words of Jane McGrath, "...early detection saves lives."

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Fewer Kids Dying From Cancer

TheNewsJunkie — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:27:00 GMT

There’s never been a better time to have a kid with cancer. Wait, that doesn’t sound quite right. What I’m trying to say is that deaths from childhood cancer are declining rapidly.

The chances of surviving a number of cancers that strike young children fell 20 percent from 1990 to 2004. The big fall is mostly attributed to improvements in the treatment for leukemia.

Death from cancer is the fourth-leading cause of death for children, that’s behind accidents, homicides and suicides. (Let me back up for a second ... homicides? Suicides? Those last two are freaking me out.)

Though the rate of death from cancer is decreasing for kids, the number who died in 2004 is sobering: 2,223. That’s a lot of kids in one year. (Now I’m thinking about the other causes – there were even more who died from homicide! More than 2,000 kids murdered?).

Leukemia accounted for about a quarter of those cancer deaths, and brain and other nervous system tumors accounted for another 25 percent.

Interestingly, boys had a slightly higher death rate than girls. Oh, and the article says that children in the West have a higher mortality rate than the general population.

Kids Sell Their Toys To Save Their Dad From Cancer

lionandmagicboy — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:25:00 GMT

I'm all verklempt here from reading this article. Here, you do it, I can't.

Okay, I'm better now. Stay-at-home dad Dave Hall has cancer and was given six months to live. He needs $10,000 to get from where he lives in the U.K. to the U.S. for treatment for his three-inch brain tumor, so his three kids have put their teddy bears and Legos up on eBay to help raise the money for him.

Eight-year-old Callum is even selling his treasured Robodog, because although he loves his toy he loves his dad more. He says, "I love Robodog – but I really want to raise money for my dad and Cancer Research." The kids Daniella, Callum, and Lucia are thirteen, eight, and three.

Their parents must be extremely proud and grateful. I hope they manage to raise the money they need. Me, I'm still verklempt.

Younger Siblings May Give You A Brain Tumor. Which Is Nice.

DadGoneMad — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:00:00 GMT

A gaggle of German scientists have reported that children with three or more younger siblings face up to four times the risk of developing a brain tumor by age 15 compared to children with no siblings.

"The association with number of younger siblings, and not with number of older siblings, suggests that infections or re-infections in late childhood may play an important role in the development of pediatric nervous system tumors," said lead researcher Dr. Andrea Altieri, of the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, Germany.

The findings are published in the Dec. 12 issue of Neurology, which I read for the articles and certainly not the nudie centerfold pics of cancer researchers.

There are detractors who say the German study is unsatisfactory. Dr. Paul Graham Fisher of Stanford University says the study's suggestion that infections may play a role in brain-tumor development has been contradicted by other recent epidemiological research. Also, the study is based on a sample of 13,600 Swedish brain tumor cases, yah?

"Maybe it's because Scandinavian people have more children after the first one is diagnosed with a brain tumor," he said.

Or maybe it's because the horny scientists were so busy looking at the yoddeling, blonde-braided, large-breasted Swedish women that they weren't paying proper attention to the brain tumors.